Meet The Doctors

Southern Remedy is Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s flagship wellness program dedicated to keeping Mississippians healthy. It consists of a weekday call in radio show, hosted by physicians from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and television news documentary programs and public affairs specials.

For more than 9 years, Southern Remedy ran as a weekly radio show with its host Rick deShazo, M.D. Now Dr. Rick is joined by four of his colleagues to deliver health information, opinions and medical advice five days a week from 11 a.m. to noon. Southern Remedy radio is where the doctors are always in.

Weekday line up 11 a.m. – noon, Monday thru Friday on MPB Think Radio

Mondays – Healthy and Fit

Tuesday- Behavioral Health with Susan Buttross, M.D.

Wednesdays – General Health Questions with Rick deShazo, M.D.

Thursday – Kids and Teens with Jimmy Stewart, M.D.

Fridays – Women’s Health with Michelle Owens, M.D.

Southern Remedy on MPB TV is a series that explores the social determinants of health as it relates to issues and topics that are important in having a healthly population. The series began in 2012 with Mississippi’s Big Problem and Premature Parenthood.

In 2014, Southern Remedy aired an hour-long special HIV in Mississippi. Mississippi ranks 7th in the nation for prevalence in HIV infection. And young African American men are the fastest growing group becoming infected, particularly in Jackson and the Mississippi Delta. Dr. deShazo explores the science behind the dramatic infection rates with medical experts and state public health officials, and co-host Melissa Faith Payne moderates a panel discussion of those living with HIV in Mississippi. The show features community groups and church leaders that are trying to tackle this problem, and people living with HIV.

As we kick off Heart Month and think of Valentine’s Day approaching, we should all be thinking of our “Heart” health. For many, dietary changes and other lifestyle modifications are effective for the prevention and as a part of the management of cardiovascular diseases.

I recently saw a 36 year old woman in the clinic who was in the midst of her first urinary tract infection and was miserable. She really did not know that her symptoms originated from an infection. When I told her she had a urinary tract infection, she was alarmed.
I hope you will find helpful the following information I shared with the patient.